Antidepressants

Are you on antidepressants, about to start, or hoping to come off them? Antidepressants can be divided into the following classes: Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs), Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), Norepinephrine/noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors (NRIs aka NERIs/NARIs), Dopamine reuptake inhibitors (DRIs), Opioids, Selective serotonin reuptake enhancers (SSREs), Novel antidepressants and Tetracyclic antidepressants. Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of different types of antidepressants on this forum, and share your experience.

Started Prozac, Started Period--10 days early!!

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I'm 42 and my doctor prescribed prozac (20mg a day) for pmdd--my pms has seemed to get worse with age...anyway, my period started two days later, which would make it 10 days earlier than normal, plus I'm starving and have cravings like its the week before your period starts :( I have always had...

by Kimber over a year ago

Weaning off paxil safely

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Please help. I have been on paxil for about 18 years. I was prescribed this for chronic fatigue syndrome/fibromyalgia I now feel fine and am considering stopping paxil (20 mg) I have heard so many horror stories and don't know how to go about this safely. The doctor that initially prescribed this...

by Guest over a year ago

Effexor Withdrawal and Dramamine

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I just wanted to send a quick message regarding something that helped me through my Effexor withdrawal. I was on day 9 with no help from anything else I'd tried (Benadryl, Alka Seltzer, Advil, Excedrin, etc., etc.) and decided to try Dramamine since the symtoms closely resemble motion sickness and...

by LizaM208713 over a year ago

husbands withdraw symptoms from zoloft is killing me

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my husband was on zoloft 50mg for about 3 wks, then bumped up to 100 for another 3. he then tapered himself back down to 50 for a couple weeks, then 2 weeks ago just stopped taking it. I am 8 months pregnant and I do not feel safe around him. He is not himself. The biggest symptom we've noticed is...

by allisong206115 over a year ago

10yr old stopped zoloft cold turkey after 2 wks using due to seizure activity

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Wondering if anyone can help out there. I have a ten year old who started zoloft 20mg about two weeks ago. He was hospitalized last week due to seizures that they attributed to the zoloft so he had to stop immediately cold turkey. I have noticed him aggitated, moody and just sad along with...

by Guest over a year ago

what can happen if u take too much adderal while taking wellbutrin

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I recently was put on wellbutrin and with in a week I was feeling happier and more like myself in over a year. However it was not helping any with my add. He of course told me that this may take some time so we have to try this drug first and see how my body is affected. Well my body has been...

by Free bird over a year ago

Zoloft, Klonopin, & Birth Control

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I've been on Zoloft since January of '09... I started at 100mg, but my doctor increased it to 200mg last August when my mom started chemo and I left for college. I've always had insomnia and nighttime anxiety, but back in November it really started interfering with my school since I have early...

by Guest over a year ago

Day 5 -" Slow Tapering" off of Cymbalta, 60 mg.

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Day # 5 (-7 x 5=35 less granules from 60mg.cap)The only problems that I am having today is " thought processing or Brain-fog", a little dizziness and my sleep pattern is off schedule.Nothing intense or frightening..... just bothersome. "SLOW...

by Kat Keatley184805 over a year ago

Cymbalta cold turkey

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:'( I quit cold turkey, I want to die, head shudders, eye's flickering, this is day 3 and from what I have been reading this could go on for months if I live that long, I have 2 children and would love some help, don't trust Doctors anymore.

by Guest over a year ago

Effexor XR vs. Cymbalta...which one?

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I'm on meds for GAD and OCD, and have tried multiple SSRIs which just haven't been right, so my doctor just prescribed me Effexor XR, a SNRI, but after doing some reading, I'm wondering if he should have given my Cymbalta instead. I've read that Effexor doesn't really begin...

by keeponsingin over a year ago